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A. Applications for lot combinations shall be submitted on forms provided by the city planner. The completed application shall be submitted to the city planner, and shall include the fees required pursuant to Chapter 2.50, the information specified in this chapter, and any other information as may be required by King County as a condition of recording.

B. Applicant shall submit to the city planner the original signed and completed application form, together with five copies of folded prints of the lot combination on eighteen-inch by twenty-four-inch paper, one copy on eight-and-one-half-inch by eleven-inch paper, current title report or plat certificate, lot closure report (two copies), CC&Rs (conditions, covenants and restrictions tied to property), free consent statement signed by all owners of the property and other information required as identified by the city planner. The site plan(s) must clearly show the following information:

1. The proposed lot lines for all affected lots, indicated by heavy solid lines;

2. The existing lot lines proposed to be changed, indicated by heavy broken lines;

3. The location and dimensions of all structures and improvements existing upon the affected lots in proximity to the lot lines of the lots being combined, and the distance between the structure/improvements and the proposed boundary lines;

4. The legal description of the original parcels together with new separate legal descriptions for each revised parcel, labeling the affected parcels specifically as “Parcel A,” “Parcel B,” etc.;

5. The position of permanent markers bearing the surveyor’s registration number set at each new property corner;

6. The parcel numbers of all affected lots;

7. The location of the property to quarter/quarter section, township and range;

8. The location and dimensions of any drainfield, easement or right-of-way existing within any affected lot;

9. The area and dimensions of the resulting lot following the proposed combination;

10. Declaration blocks shall be provided for the lot owner(s), surveyor, approving governmental agencies and recording certification in a manner as prescribed by the planning director; and

11. A lot combination may contain conveyance language that provides for the transference of property between the affected lots.

C. Lot combination applications shall be submitted to the city planner with a title report, with liability for errors not to exceed the assessed value of the lots on the date of application. The title report shall be submitted no more than thirty days prior to the application date. The city at its discretion may request an updated title report prior to approval.

D. The final Mylar for recording shall contain all survey information required for a record of survey under Chapter 58.09 RCW and Chapter 332-130 WAC.

E. All newly established lot corners shall be permanently marked with the land surveyor’s registration number. When the boundary lines follow a meandering line, the “corners” shall be set as directed by the city of Algona.

F. When the legal description of the lot combination utilizes partial or complete section subdivisional breakdown to establish the boundaries, section subdivision survey information shall be shown in accordance with the requirements of WAC 332-130-030.

G. All reference monuments used in the establishment of the lot combination corners shall be identified, described and noted as set or found. When appropriate, the survey shall reference previous surveys that served as the basis for the survey.

H. When the lot combination is adjacent to a constructed public right-of-way and the plat corners or its offset represent a quarter corner, section corner or donation land claim that is not of record or has been lost (or obliterated), a standard monument shall be placed.

I. All requirements of Chapter 58.09 RCW and Chapter 332-130 WAC governing minimum standards for land boundary surveys shall be met and a note shall be placed on the Mylar that reads:

“THIS SURVEY COMPLIES WITH ALL THE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES OF THE “SURVEY RECORDING ACT,” CHAPTER 58.09 RCW AND CHAPTER 332-130 WAC.”

(Ord. 1016-08 § 2).